Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County is located in central Maryland. The County Seat is Annapolis and the largest city is Glen Burnie. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.aacounty.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 560,133 and the 2010 census population was 537,656. The land area is 414.90 square miles and there are 1295.9 persons per square mile.

76.5% of the population is White, 16.4% is Black or African American, 6.9% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.9% is two or more races. 90.7% have a high school degree or higher, and 37.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $340,000, there are 199,904 households, an average of 2.65 persons per household. The per capita income is $40,415, the median household income is $87,430, and 6.3% of the persons in Anne Arundel County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 49,600. Retail sales (in $1000) were $9,464,955, and sales per capita were $18,491. The percentage of black-owned firms is 9%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 31.4%.